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Synthesia launches LLM-powered assistant to turn any text file or link into AI video

February 1, 2024
Today, London-based Synthesia, the startup that enables enterprises to create professional AI videos, announced the launch of its AI video assistant, a tool that can turn text-based sources into full-fledged synthetic videos in a matter of minutes. Available starting today for paying customers, the AI video assistant builds on Synthesia’s existing offerings and can work with any document or web…
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Shopify boosts its commerce platform with ‘Magic’ image editor and other AI enhancements

February 1, 2024
Shopify has just unveiled over 100 new updates to its commerce platform, with artificial intelligence emerging as a key theme. The company introduced new AI-powered capabilities aimed at helping merchants work smarter, sell more, and create better customer experiences. The headline feature is Shopify Magic, which applies different AI models to assist merchants in a variety of ways. This includes…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 30, 2024

February 1, 2024
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Oxford claims the world record for solar panel efficiency

February 1, 2024
Oxford PV, a spin-off from the University of Oxford, says it’s achieved the world record for the most efficient solar panel. In collaboration with Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, the company says its solar panel achieved 25% conversion efficiency – the percentage of solar energy shining on a panel converted into electricity. That’s a big deal compared to the more…
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GM 'all-in on EVs' goes back to plug-in hybrids amid setback with its electric car plans

February 1, 2024
General Motors claimed that it is “all-in on electric vehicles” for years, but today, CEO Mary Barra confirmed that the automaker is changing strategy and going back to plug-in hybrids amid setback in its electric car plans. In 2019, GM killed the Chevy Volt, its popular plug-in hybrid vehicle and announced plans to focus on all-electric vehicles. It continued selling some plung-in hybrids in…
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